Top ten tech predictions for 2013
By Mark A Gregory, RMIT University
Vodafone is once again bemoaning its competitive disadvantages and yet it refuses to invest in its network. Perhaps a bit of forced competition could actually help the telco.
Vodafone would have the public – and the government – believe that Telstra is taking advantage of call termination fees which is the fee a carrier pays to another carrier when a customer calls someone on the other carrier’s network.
Google hints at the NBN's future
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The success of Google's Fiber Project has had in turning Kansas City into a technology hub is a very encouraging sign for the NBN.
With the Australian election date now slated for September, the NBN debate is set to kick into overdrive.
We’ve moved beyond asking whether or not we should have an NBN; all parties have confirmed that the network will stay regardless of who gets into power.
Telstra's perilous P2P throttle plans
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Telstra’s trial to shape traffic on its network is another backwards step by a company struggling to put customers before profit.
Telstra’s announcement this week of a trial that will slow peer-to-peer connections over the Telstra ADSL network is another backwards step by a company struggling to put customers before profit.
Asking the tough NBN questions
The National Broadband Network (NBN) is unstoppable in one form or another and the September election will not alter this. If the Coalition wins the election the result may be changes to the NBN rollout plan and technologies to be used but there is no suggestion that the Coalition will wind the clock back to the pre-NBN era. But what does the NBN really mean for customers, government and business and what should our priorities be so that the NBN contributes to the nation as a whole?
Cyber-bullying warning in the Steubenville tragedy
The social media fallout from the heavily publicised US rape case has highlighted how easily social media interaction turning into cyber-bullying.
On February 13 two male high school students from Steubenville, Ohio will face a juvenile court over the alleged rape of a 16-year-old girl in August 2012.
Turnbull's HFC Folly
It’s difficult to envy Malcolm Turnbull’s job when it comes to the NBN. Explaining how The Coalition will come up with a “cheaper, faster” network is no small task.
His alluring promise has been out there for months, and until last week we had little sense as to how it would be accomplished.
The smart money was on The Coalition putting forward a national broadband policy platform that would simply see the overhaul of NBN Co. The recent slew of failures plaguing the rollout has given The Coalition ample justification for such an action.
The army should rescue the NBN
By Mark A Gregory, RMIT University
The National Broadband Network (NBN) is in dire trouble and has reached the point where Julia Gillard should declare a national disaster.
NBN Co gets survivability right
Labor’s ambitious national broadband network (NBN) is living on borrowed time and will almost certainly be binned after the September election. The NBN may have had its fair share of problems – some legitimate and some self-inflicted – but it has a lot of redeeming features as well, especially when it comes to the network’s architecture. The Coalition’s NBN alternative may seem pragmatic but can it afford to undo the good work done so far?
NBN Co goes back to the drawing board on pricing plan
By Mark A Gregory, RMIT University
Yesterday, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) recommended that NBN Co revise its wholesale agreement — including proposals on pricing and access — as outlined in its special access undertaking (SAU).